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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 to Christopher C. Sniffen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03893.01 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 May 1876 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Douglass writes to Sniffen, secretary for President Ulysses S. Grant. Informs Sniffen, "it will be convenient for me to call at the Executive Mansion on Monday Morning, and if I learn nothing from you meanwhile requesting otherwise I will call on Monday at eleven o. clock am."

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Sniffen, C. C., fl. 1876
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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